“One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by b
ulldozing the grocer and the vegetable man and the butcher until one's cheeks burned with the silent imputation of parsimony that such close dealing implied. Three times Della counted it. One dollar and eighty-seven cents. And the next day would be Christmas. There was clearly nothing left to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl. So Della did it. Which instigates the moral reflection that life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.” On close reading this passage, what can you infer about Della? A. Della cannot count. B. Della is a cry baby. C. Della is thrifty.
The phrase "ragged little bands that roamed the forest on foot" shows and means that how we humans are<span> intelligent killers, we strategically kill living things and that is the scary trait about us. The poetic device that is used is consonance.</span>
Where does the story take place? They seem to be walking through the woods due to being under the trees where they hear the birds. It also seems to take place before there were cars due to the fact that they are lawyers and they are riding horses. It is also interesting to note that they were going into the next town - riding horses.....
